Ben Carson is “baffled” and “speechless” when one of his most loyal aides is walked out of the Housing and Urban Development after an op-ed resurfaces in which the aide criticized then-candidate Donald Trump.buzzfeed.com(See also Ben Carson)

2017.06.20

Trump’s budget calls for sharply reducing funding for programs that shelter the poor and combat homelessness — with a notable exception: It leaves intact a type of federal housing subsidy that is paid directly to private landlords like Trump himself.washingtonpost.com(See also Conflicts of Interest, Housing)

Donald Trump has installed at least five people who have been members of his clubs (meaning: they pay money to his company) to senior roles in his administration, from Robin Bernstein and Callista Gingrich, the nation’s new ambassador to the Vatican, to Adolfo Marzol, a member of the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Washington, who serves as a senior adviser at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.usatoday.com(See also Corruption, Conflicts of Interest, Trump Business)

2018.01.31

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson allowed his son to help organize an agency “listening tour” in Baltimore last summer despite warnings from department lawyers that doing so risked violating federal ethics rules, according to internal documents.washingtonpost.com(See also Ben Carson, Conflicts of Interest)

2018.02.27

A senior career official in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has alleged that she was demoted and replaced with a Donald Trump appointee after refusing to break the law by funding an expensive redecoration of Ben Carson’s office.theguardian.com(See also Ben Carson, Corruption)

2018.02.27

Department of Housing and Urban Development officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office in late 2017 — just as the White House circulated its plans to slash HUD’s programs for the homeless, elderly and poor, according to federal procurement records.nytimes.com(See also Corruption, Conflicts of Interest, Ben Carson)

The purchase of the custom hardwood table, chairs and hutch came a month after a top agency staff member filed a whistle-blower complaint charging Mr. Carson’s wife, Candy Carson, with pressuring department officials to find money for the expensive redecoration of his offices, even if it meant circumventing the law.